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The warmest places in Europe in December

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 20 °C in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 20 °C 20 °C 35 mm
2 Limassol Cyprus 17 °C 17 °C 59 mm
3 Almería Spain 17 °C 17 °C 29 mm
4 La Laguna Spain 17 °C 17 °C 52 mm
5 Nicosia Cyprus 17 °C 17 °C 53 mm
6 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 17 °C 17 °C 80 mm
7 Murcia Spain 16 °C 16 °C 26 mm
8 Valletta Malta 16 °C 16 °C 70 mm
9 Sevilla Spain 16 °C 16 °C 76 mm
10 Cartagena Spain 16 °C 16 °C 25 mm
11 Alicante Spain 16 °C 16 °C 32 mm
12 Gibraltar Gibraltar 16 °C 16 °C 116 mm
13 Málaga Spain 16 °C 16 °C 69 mm
14 Elche Spain 16 °C 16 °C 23 mm
15 Valencia Spain 15 °C 15 °C 35 mm
16 Marbella Spain 15 °C 15 °C 115 mm
17 Catania Italy 15 °C 15 °C 66 mm
18 Palermo Italy 15 °C 15 °C 72 mm
19 Palma Spain 15 °C 15 °C 38 mm
20 Córdoba Spain 15 °C 15 °C 74 mm
21 Messina Italy 15 °C 15 °C 134 mm
22 Castelló de la Plana Spain 15 °C 15 °C 35 mm
23 Lisbon Portugal 14 °C 14 °C 79 mm
24 Badajoz Spain 14 °C 14 °C 59 mm
25 Reggio Calabria Italy 14 °C 14 °C 152 mm
26 Porto Portugal 14 °C 14 °C 171 mm
27 Badalona Spain 13 °C 13 °C 42 mm
28 Taranto Italy 13 °C 13 °C 66 mm
29 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 13 °C 13 °C 40 mm
30 A Coruña Spain 13 °C 13 °C 142 mm
31 Athens Greece 13 °C 13 °C 64 mm
32 Bari Italy 13 °C 13 °C 60 mm
33 Vigo Spain 13 °C 13 °C 224 mm
34 Gijón Spain 13 °C 13 °C 117 mm
35 Naples Italy 13 °C 13 °C 134 mm
36 Granada Spain 13 °C 13 °C 62 mm
37 Pátra Greece 13 °C 13 °C 132 mm
38 Santander Spain 13 °C 13 °C 114 mm
39 Bilbao Spain 13 °C 13 °C 106 mm
40 Durrës Albania 13 °C 13 °C 154 mm
41 Braga Portugal 13 °C 13 °C 206 mm
42 Rome Italy 12 °C 12 °C 92 mm
43 Nice France 12 °C 12 °C 83 mm
44 Sabadell Spain 12 °C 12 °C 40 mm
45 Toulon France 12 °C 12 °C 68 mm
46 Monaco Monaco 12 °C 12 °C 83 mm
47 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 12 °C 12 °C 142 mm
48 Oviedo Spain 12 °C 12 °C 104 mm
49 Marseille France 12 °C 12 °C 54 mm
50 Tirana Albania 12 °C 12 °C 137 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.